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PROTECTOR FOR 'BRIOKVFIRB PLAGES.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

Y GEORGE w. MEHAEG, OE VINoIT, MIssoUEI.

PROTECTOR FOR BRICK FIRE-PLACES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 367,154, dated July 26,1887.

Application filed January 29, 1887'. Serial No. 225.895. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MEI-Inno, of Vincit, in the county ofDunklin and State of Missouri, have invented a new and. ImprovedProtector for Brick Fire-Places, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description. A

This invention relates to a novel form of brick fire-place protector,the object of the in` vention being to prevent the re from restingagainst the brick-work of the fire-place, and to so construct theprotector that it may be adjusted for use in fire-places of differentsize.

To the end named the invention consists of two end frames that areconnected by right and left hand threaded. screws, as will be hereinafter more fully described, andspeciiically pointed out in the claims.l 4

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of` reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a face View of my improved form of iire-place protector; andFig. 2 is a plan view of the same, representing the protectoras itappears when applied for use in connection with the hre-place, the backandjambs ofthe tire-place beingshown in section.

In constructing such a protector as the one illustrated in the drawingsabove referred to, I provide two outer standards, 10, to which there areconnected several rearwardly-extending bars, 11, which bars are bent at12, as best shown in Fig. 2. Central standards', 13,r serve as thesupports for the approaching ends of the bars 11, and [these standards13 are formed with threaded apertures that are arranged to receive twoor more screws, as 14, 15, and 16, which screws are formed with rightand left hand threads and with central heads, 17. Iam-nuts 18 arearranged in connection with the screws, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In order that the exposed surface of the central standards, 13, may bereduced to a minimum, I prefer to form said standards so that they shallbe substantially triangular in crosssection, the forward edge of thestandards being the apex of the triangle.

In adj ustingvmy protector I place i-t as indicated in Fig. 2, thescrews arranged between the standards 13 being turned so as to force theforwardlyextending arms of the bars 11 hard against the 'jambs of thefireplace, and

' after the protector has been so adjusted the nuts 18 are turned tobind the parts to place. Having thus fully described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters.

Patent- 1. A re-place protector consisting of two sections each made upot' posts or standards 10 and 13 and horizontal bars 11, connectingdevices being,r arranged between the posts or standards 13 of the twosections, substantially 'as described.

2. In a fireplace protector, the combination, with vertical posts orstandards 10 and 13, of horizontal bars 11, held by said standards, andadj Listing and connecting screws ar ranged to engage with thestandards, substan tially as described.

3. In a fire-place protector, the combination, with posts or standards10 and posts or standards 13, that are substantially triangular in crosssection, and horizontal bars 11, connecting the posts or standards 10and 13, of screws arranged to engage with the standards 13 and jam-nutscarried by the screws, substantial] y as described. A

GEORGE W. MEHAEG.

Vit-nesses:

JULIAN R. TRIBELE, J. It. ALLGOOD.

